Mitsubishi L200 test drive since 2006 pickup

Mitsubishi L200 - test on exemplary off -road

The peasant vehicle has grown up its utilitarian purpose and today is not just a small transport, but a normal beautiful car. The European rural resident also grew up and, along with practicality, pays more and more attention to the aesthetics of its surrounding space and household items. The car is far from the last of them.
Mitsubishi L200 pickups, created specifically for Europe. The new generation of L200 is one of the leaders in Europe, where sales are already the second year, in its segment in the number of cars sold. In the presence of L200 consumer qualities characteristic of a pickup, aesthetic blow to utilitarianism. In addition to functional, each body detail carries a visual load. Mitsubishi L200 is like a beautiful caravel of those on which romantically -minded Portuguese and Spaniards went to look for a sea path to India.
The car’s interior has also changed strikingly. Designers worked both on the general architecture of the interior, and on individual details. An unusual steering wheel, technocratic devices in a silver edging. In the backlighting of the devices and controls, the color accent has been introduced. The salon can be solved in a two -tone version, when the light bottom extends the space and emphasizes the form and lines. At the same time, all solutions and materials work to reduce the price of the car, they are moderately simple and technological. For lovers of dirty salons, a completely black version of the interior in inexpensive configuration is also offered. Only the usual radio that fell into this salon by oversight looks archaic. But this trouble will quickly eliminate car thieves and correctly, this radio is more suitable for frets.
Interestingly, the American version for this pickupa is not completely popular there another design. But the Japanese peasant, apparently, is closer to the mentality to the European one, and in Japan this pickup is sold since the fall of 2006 under the name Triton.
Levorulny L200 was able to try in action at the Mitsubishi training ground. The first thing that pleased the 5-meter pickup with a double cabin control on asphalt. Compared to the past generation, the brand new L200 does not scare in corners and clings to asphalt with zeal. This is not Lancer, it is clear, but the previous L200 he bypasses an order of magnitude. On the new generation of L200 there is a new rhealic steering system, and the maneuverability of this model also speaks of a maximum small turn of a turn of a turn of 5.9 meters for this class. Plus, he creates a pleasant sensation of a modern car: its salon not only looks appropriate, but also pleasant to control. Each circle of control of the climate of the cabin is easily rotated and has clear fixations of positions. In the center of the panel is a huge color display, which is unlikely to appear in the Russian version.
L200 is valuable not only because it takes a ton of cargo aboard, but also by the fact that it exerts real miracles on off -road. It seemed that in Japan there was no way to find such roads as, say, near Kolomna, but the roads and worse were simulated at the Mitsubishi training ground. On them, the L200 was not inferior to the glorious all -terrain vehicle Pajero and boldly threw himself at the slope and mud baths.
From Pajero, the pickup inherited the A full -wheel drive Super Select system, which allows you to include all -wheel drive on any road conditions. Before the exit from the road, you should turn on the reduced row and locking of the rear differential. Together with Super Select, an automatic automatic box is placed on L200. The destiny of cheaper versions is a mechanical box and a simpler all -wheel drive system Easy Select.
The new generation of Japanese pickups has undergone significant changes. A turbodiesel with the same working volume of 2.5 liters now issues 136 hp. Instead of 100. to 314 nm, the maximum torque increased, reached already at 2000 rpm. With two tons of weight, acceleration on this engine is clearly not impressive. Yes, and on the long road, the pickup is not enough for the comfort of a car, even despite the spacious cabin, good seats and an electric drive in the ... rear wall of the cab. A spring suspension and what else to carry a thousand kilograms of luggles torture passengers and a driver.
To get a real rapture from the car, you can not go to the asphalt at all. Constant overcoming the obstacles, the test of a metal fortress and driver's nerves will flood your body with adrenaline.
Another plus of Mitsubishi pickupa is an adequate price for an all -wheel drive pickup with a double cabin. Two other cabs, single and one and a half, are not intended for the Russian market. In the modification of Invite:
Easy-Elect 4WD multi-mode transmission;
5-speed manual gearbox;
16-inch steel wheels;
heating the front seats;
inflatable airbags for the driver and front passenger;
audio training, 4 speakers, antenna;
There is no air conditioner.
Price: $ 24 990.
The most expensive version of the L200 Instyle costs $ 33,490.
 
 
Kirill Orlov
autonews.ru
 

Source: Drom.ru